From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Change behaviour of Copy/Cut/Paste from the menu bar.
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 04:21:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1AjEYA-0001vh-HH@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200401201604.i0KG4i7L001202@stubby.bodenonline.com> (jan.h.d@swipnet.se)
- ;; Sun expects the menu bar cut and paste commands to use the clipboard.
- ;; This has ,? to match both on Sunos and on Solaris.
- (if (string-match "Sun Microsystems,? Inc\\."
- (x-server-vendor))
- (menu-bar-enable-clipboard))
-
Are you sure this should be deleted?
Someone should check what other programs do on Solaris.
+ ;; Enable CLIPBOARD copy/paste through menu bar commands.
+ (menu-bar-enable-clipboard)
+
+ ;; Override Paste so it looks at CLIPBOARD first.
+ (defun x-clipboard-yank ()
+ "Insert the clipboard contents, or the last stretch of killed text."
+ (interactive)
+ (let ((clipboard-text (x-get-selection 'CLIPBOARD))
+ (x-select-enable-clipboard t))
+ (if (and clipboard-text (> (length clipboard-text) 0))
+ (kill-new clipboard-text))
+ (yank)))
+
+ (define-key menu-bar-edit-menu [paste]
+ (cons "Paste" (cons "Paste text from clipboard" 'x-clipboard-yank)))
+
;;; arch-tag: f1501302-db8b-4d95-88e3-116697d89f78
This is ok, but I think the help string should say
"Paste text from clipboard or kill ring".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-21 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-20 15:11 Change behaviour of Copy/Cut/Paste from the menu bar Jan D.
2004-01-20 16:10 ` Jason Rumney
2004-01-20 22:32 ` Jan D.
2004-01-21 9:21 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2004-01-21 9:30 ` Jan D.
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